Anne Cordero-Rabe

• Graduated from Santa Barbara High School (Go Dons!), and then UCLA (Go Bruins!), with a BA in History.  Received my Multiple Subject Teaching Credential and Master’s degree in education from UCSB (Go Gauchos!).  
• I have been teaching Kindergarten, first and second grade for 16 years; 15 of those years at Brandon School (Go Islanders!).  
• My favorite books are The Fab Five, by Mitch Albom, Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendeck, historical fiction novels and anything by Shel Silverstein.

Renee Dosch

• Graduated with a BA and multiple subject elementary credential from Cal State Northridge 
•  Education Specialist Credential Mild to Moderate from Cal State Channel Islands
• Education Specialist Credential Moderate to Severe from Brandman University.  
• Administrative Services Credential from SBCEO
• Taught 6th, 2nd, 3rd and K for 6 years with the LAUSD Resource teacher and TOSA for SBUSD for 8 years; worked at McKinley, OAS and Roosevelt, Communication Intensive Teacher at Brandon School 2nd year
• Favorite Children’s Book: Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell

Megan Frederick

• Graduated from Azusa Pacific University with a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts and received a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from California Lutheran University.
• Have taught Kindergarten for the past 8 years at Brandon.
• Children’s book: We Don’t Eat Our Classmates,  Adult book: The Great Gatsby

Christie Paloczi

• Graduated from UCSB with a Bachelor’s degree in History, a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential, and a Master’s degree in Education
• Has taught 2nd, 3rd grade, and Kindergarten for the past 21 years in Pasadena, at Marymount of Santa Barbara, and for the past 13 years at Brandon School
• Favorite children’s books: All variations of the story The Gingerbread Boy and the literature unit I teach each year using those stories. Favorite adult book: I love historical fiction and have many favorites. One of my favorites is The Book Thief.